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NYC Senior Centers See Rebounding Demand
The city’s more than 300 Older Adult Centers saw an average of 24,261 daily participants during the last fiscal year that ended in June, still shy of pre-pandemic numbers but up nearly 28 percent percent since 2021-2022.
"The older adult community is slowly coming back, for lack of a better term here, to resume their life," said Stacy Bliagos, the executive director of HANAC, a social services nonprofit which runs several senior centers in Queens.
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Evolving Requirements For Tenant Lawyer Funding Met With Protest
Recent clarifications and updates to city funding terms have alleviated some fears among legal service nonprofits while sparking others, as the organizations demand Mayor Eric Adams’ administration stop the contracting process and start over.
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Apply Now: CLARIFY News Reporting Internship for NYC High School Students
The CLARIFY News (City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) program is accepting applications from high school students in New York City for its fall 2023 session.
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Opinion: We Can’t Regulate Our Way Out of a Housing Crisis
“Ending the ability to combine units will lead to less housing, not more. You cannot regulate your way out of a housing affordability crisis. You need to build your way out.”Read the oped here. ([link removed])
Another View: To Solve NY’s Affordability Crisis, Expand & Protect Rent Stabilization
“It is crucial that Gov. Hochul sign all three bills as soon as possible. The longer the governor delays, the more units will be taken out of New York’s rent stabilization system—and the less affordable New York will become.” Read the oped here. ([link removed])
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PÓDCAST:¿Cuáles son las opciones para que Puerto Rico sea incluido en el SNAP?
Puerto Rico fue incluido en 1974 en el programa de cupones de alimentos o el programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (o SNAP por sus siglas en inglés, como también se le conoce), pero en 1982 fue sacado del programa. En su lugar, en Puerto Rico hay un programa limitado llamado Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN), o NAP por sus siglas en inglés, con fondos limitados. Leer el artículo. ([link removed]) [link removed]
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